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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912

BY TELEGRAPH.

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LOSS OF THE

"TITANIC.”

A TERRIBLE DISASTER.

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE;

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) "

The news of the sinking of the White "Star liner Titantic was exclusively received by Reuters Agency as the papera were going to press, and hệ wessage was printed alongside editorial and special articles expressing thankful

ness. that the vessel was sale; and dwelling upon the marvels of science in

minimising the dangers of modern se gring. These articles were based ch yesterday's reasuring despatches and interviers in New York to the effect that it would be easier to sink a cork than the Titanic, and that many finers were responding to wireless calls and hastening to the rescue.

LONDON, April 16,

WORLD-WIDE AMAZEMENT.

The disaster has created dismay and amazement, apart from the regretful.

ness cargod.

People are atounded at the in

ettiency of the rousel's water-tight

compartments.

The news has been received in the emotional Continental capitale with the utmost sympathy, as people of every country have suffered bereave

mont,

Shipping at all the principal ports have dags dying at half-mast

FRUITLESS SEARCHES

Reuter's correspondent at H Halifax the Parisian steamed through much ica in carrying out a search, but was unable to discover any rafts or bodies among the wreckage which covers a large area,

The parents of the wireless operator on the Titanic, bo reside at Godalm-wires that" ing, hat night received a message from their son reading "Making slowly for Halifax. Practically unsinkable. Don't -WOITY."

AAN UNPRECEDENTED DISASTER.

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The public, "not merely of New York and London, but of all European capitals wers lulled into a feeling of relief by --such assurances, but are now confronted with "the news of an, unprecedented disaster.

New York was preparing to give the Titanic a trelcome greater even than what accorded to the Olympic in 1911..

.:

The Virginian bas now despatched

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. Pure

HOPE ABANDONED.

A message from Router's correspond

ent. at St. John's, Newfoundland, states

[COFTRIOT

TO END THE WAR

(Reuter's Service to the China Maril)

LONDON, Apil 17,

that all hope that any of the Titanic'e: POWERS APPROACH TURKEY. passengers other than those on board the Carpathia are alive had been abandoned. All the steamers who had been searching in the vicinity of the disaster have continued their voyages.

Router's New York correspondent say the White Star Libe announces that they have received news from the Olympie to the effect that the survivors from the Titanic number 388.

DISAPPOINTMENT.

A wireless message from Cape Race states that neither the Parisian nor the Virginian has any of the Titanic passengers on beant.

Earlier telegrame gave a glimmer of hope, especially a wireless from the Virginian that she had turned for St. Johns with such passengers as she may rescue Everything, however, remained uncertain, while there was only news by

A message from Constantinople

states that the foreign Ambasadors to-day presented to the Porte a com- munication with reference to mediation. This states that the Powers having ascertained the Italian conditione, now desire to know Turkey's."

Assym Bey asked for time to reply, which it is practically certain will be in the negative, Turkey refusing to negotiate for peace on the basis of the Italian claims.

Drugs

and a practical knowledge of their properties, are the two chief essentials in the

business of the

MODERN & UP-TO-DATE

CHEMYST &

DRUGGIST.

[Note-Last month the Rema ours land if the Tim's stated that the We use none but the purest Italiano penco terms demand

The feerguition of Italian oversigt Drugs obtainable, and have over Tripoli and Cyramien. and athicals from thone territories.

The withdrawal of the Turkish troops an experience of many years.

The re-establishment of the status quo in regard to Italian residents in Turkey."

Italy will recognise the spiritand authority

liberty to all Worlcms. <1

intermittent wireless messages, the of the Caliph and will nexure religious Physicians Prescriptions

transmission of which was hampered by amateur interceptors along the coast.

HOME RULE DEBATE.

MR WALTER LONG'S CRITICISM.

wireless messages to the effect that she. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail:)

is now proceeding tô Liverpool, having given up her soarch.

#

ANOTHER LINER'S EX. PERIENCES.

London, April 18.

She will undertake to guarantes the Ottoman debt creditors.

She will purchase the Turkish GoreKÁ ment's property in Tripoli and Cyrenaica.—— ED. C.M.]

THE CHINESE REPUBLIC,

OBJECTION TO FORMIAN,

-LOANS.

Carefully made up.

PATENT MEDICINES.

WE WANT and if care and

attention will ensure it,

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(Wah Te Yat Po's Service)..

SHANGHAL, April 16. will have Your Confidence. The more pronounced reformers in Hunan, Hapeh and Kiangsu provinces have, in conjunction with sympathisere in Peking and the members of the Asiatic Patriots Society, strongly pro- tosted against the articles contained in the agreement for borrowing from foreign countrics which has been drawn up by Tang Shao-yi

CHEMISTS & oba

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Reuter's correspondent at New York wires that the French liner Niagara has arrived and reported that in the vicinity of the Titanic disaster on Tuesday

constantly brushing against small floes, while A CROWDED BOAT.

thick mist which prevailed redweed The passengers included many dis- her speed. Finally the vessel ex tinguished Americans, who waited in perienced a severe shock and the diners Europe to enjoy the experience of re-re thrown to the floor and the dishes turning home on board the world's scattered. The captain despatched a greatest and most luxuriant liner. Altodistress call by wireless, but this was anbeequently cancelled on it being gether 2,350 people were on board.

found that the damage was lest serious LOSS BUNS INTO MILLIONS. than was at. first thought.

The insurances on the hull'amount to £1,000,000. There were at least fifty

A NATION'S SYMPATHY.

There was profound silence in the

teas of rubber on beard, mach tea and House of Commons when Mr Asquith -consignments of diamonds.

The

estimate

road this latest news regarding the that newspapers

Titanic disaster. He said he was afraid £1,000,000 in bonds and jewels were on

thes must.brace themselves to come, board..

Mr Franklin, the Vice-President of front one of those terrible eventa in the White Star Line, said last night that the order of Providence which bailled it was impossible to estimate the mone-foresight and which appalled the ima tary loss, but it would run into millions. gination.

;

Icannot," said the Pre-

Crowds besieged the White Star offices it, "say more for the present than in New York at nine o'clock in the to express admiration that the best evening, women being in tears and men traditions of the sea seem to have

that

willing,

fmatic when the officials admitted that been observed and Title was known of the fate of the sacrifices were offered to give a chance passengers who were not first or second of safety to those least able to help class passengers. They believed that themselves." In conclusion, he ex -the Carpathia was bringing all the first pressed the nation's heartfelt sympathy

class passengers.

with those who had been bereaved.

The Premier's remarks were received UNDERWRITERS BADLY HIT with sympathetic cheers:

The Times says: That the Titanic would strike ice and sink within a fort. night of the insurance coming into force did not occur to the insurance market as a reasonable possibility; hence none of the past vicissitudes of underwriters is approachable to this in severity.

The cost of building the Titanic was £1,175,000, though her value in the -policy is placed at one million. The whole of this was not insured because the British and Continental marketu were not big enough to swallow this

wam. The rate paid was very low-les than one per cent.

GERMAN REGRETS.

In the House of Commons, on the resumption of the Home Rule debate,. Mr Walter Long said it was a mere pretance to suppose that a Bill pro- pitiating the enemies of British rule and humiliating those who were loyal to the British flag would bring peace and harmony to Ireland. There was, he said, no analogy in the case of the Do minions: In South Africa there had been a great process of unification affording, no precedent for the Govern ment proposals. Criticising the details of the nominated Senate, he described that body as still-born without a friend anywhere in the land." The legislative provisions would throw a great scheme into hopeless confusion.

OPPOSITION LEADER'S.

SPEECH

DRUGGISIS.

Aerated Water Manufacturers.

Sun Yat-ten leaves Shanghai on the evening of the 27th per sa Taishan 31, Queen's Road Central for Canton.

Public 'phone, No. 492.

Wong Ching-wai and a number of Father friends of Sun Yat-sen left this morning by Austrian-Lloyd steamer for Hongkong.

It is proposed that the railway

Mr. Bonar Law said it was impos bridge extending from Wachang toale

sible to regard the Bill as a final settle meat because it gave a Constitution to

which none

Hankow should be demolished and

of the self-governing instead a tunnel constructed under the Colonies would submit for a week. If river-bed. it word necessary and possible, he

would give Ireland the same power as LADY AVIATOR'S FEAT

Canads, because there would then be

a chance of a friendly Ireland, Lut(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) under the Bill whenever things went' wrong all the blame would be placed

# Loxoox, April 16, The first lady to By across the

on the Imperial · Government's' re-

Hardelot.

strictions. The agitation would thus English Channel is Mine Craig, an

the grant of an Irish Parliament would romain, the only difference being that American, who crossed from Dover to give it a leverage, making it infinitely more dangerous than at present. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

Mr Bonar Law concluded by declaring

Rule impossible. Ulstermen were ready that Ulster'a opposition made Home (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

stic-.

LONDON, April 16. to lay dowd their lives, and how could

Reater's correspondent at Sydney their resistance be overcome? He telegraph that the locally-constructed reiterated that the Government was destroyer Warrego underwent a cutere Berlin correspondent wires introducing the Bill against their con- cessful trial, attaining a speed of 23 that the Reichstag stood as a mark of victions because they were dependent knots.

on Irish votes, and Mr Asquith's debt sympathy with the loss of the Titanic, the President expressing sympathy House of Lords must wait until the debt of honour regarding the reform of the with Britain and the other nations in-of shame had been paid to Mr Redmond, volved,

The Bill could not be curried without the submission of the people.

868 SURVIVORS."

MR BIRRELL'S RETORT.

REVIEWS.

Studice in Philippine Architecture, by Mine 31. M. NORTOs, Hongkong, Merry: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd.

This little book is made up from a series of ar icles contributed to the Sunday edition of the Ciblenece-Asserican. Mias Mr Birrell said the speech of Mr Norton is a well-koowa writer in the

Lospos, April 17, A message from Reuter's correspond- entot New York states that the Olympic bas despatched a wireless message stat Liberals were content with their of no mean order, but we are sorry, that

ing that the Carpathia is making for

Boast Law was violent and impudent. Premier and did not eavy the Oppoti-

New York with 368 survivors on board. tion their new leader. Most of these are women and children, and of the number 075 are passengers.

THE RESCUED,

· MR HEALY'S SUPPORT. Mr Timothy Healy made a strong appeal to Unionists for appearement,

It is believed that much cargo con sisting of high-class material from the Far East was transhipped by the vessel from England, while there was alsó á consignment of diamonds on board, pos- sibly worth nearly a million sterling, and underwriters will be lucky if they partial list of those rescued bas He suggested that hall the Benate be teen received by wireless from the Car-nominated by Protestant bodies, and pathia. These include

that the Senate bo empowered to vato appointmente carrying over £500 ★ year While criticising the detalls of the Bill, howardly supported the measure generally and apologised to Mr Asquith for ever expressing doubt" as to bis sincerity.

have no lisesi on the ostrich feathers and pearls carried by one American lady, which are believed to be worth £120,000 sterling.

HORRIBLE. 1053 OF LIFE

A New York message states that a statement was made by an official of the White Star Co, at 9 o'clock lost night 10 the effect that there had been "a hor- Sible loss of life." Though not giving details, this tends to confirm an earlier Press wireless message from Capo Race, abowing that the loss of the Titanic is probably one of the most appalling ship" ping disasters on record

Carpathia reported that when she the scope of the disaster only

kugo were found.

boat 675 of th

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Mr Hays, the railway magnata.

ME W. I STEAN MISSING,

• So far there is no nows of MrAvilliam T. Blea the hated OR

WELSH DISESTAR-

#LISHMENT.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON April 16

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